Insect-trap.



PATENTED JAN."29, 1907. W. G. PIKE. IN

AP-PLIGATION r SEOT TRAP.

LED AUG.'26, 1905.

INVENTOR izZlK? 624w,

WITNESSES:

ATIORNEY of which the following is a specification.

and of economical manufacture,- and which tached.

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WILL C. PIKE, MUNCIE, INDIANA.

insecuri ies.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed August 26.

Taall whom it may concern:.

Be itknown that I, WILL C. PIKE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Muncie, in the county of Delaware and State oflndiana, have invented a new and useful Insect-Trap,

My invention has for its object to provide. a trap ofthe kind described which will be thoroughly eflicient, simple in construction,

may be used at anopen window in connec tion with the blind therefor.

Another object is to afford facilities by which it may be easily secured to the frame of window and. tot-he blind and. as easily de- .Also a further purpose is to provide such an insect-trap that it may be readily folded and reduced in bulk and adapted to occupy a smallspace when not in use.

Theseand other objects are accomplished panying drawgbigs, in whieh.

Figure 1 is a front perspective view of my improved insect-trap. Fig. 2 and Fig. 3 are front and. rear perspective views of thesame as seen from theexterior and interior,re* spectively, of the room at the window of which it is secured. Fig. at is a view of the folded; and Fig. shows my device completely folded.

Similar letters of reference refer to similar parts throughout the several views, inwhich- A designates the common supporter base material, such as felting. V

B designates acone-shaped receptacle obstructive to light and may be made of or dinar mosquito-netting or the like. The base of the-same is provided with suitable annular band B, suitably secured continuously about and-away from the edge. of the circular aperture Cof the base A, and at the apex of the receptacle 'B is secured the hook D, the function of which will hereinafter be ledge C, extending annularly about the aperture C and within the base of the receptacle D.

.E designates the truss made of spring-wire cle B is erected it will reside about the same Patented Jan. 29, 1907. 1905- Serial NO. 275,933-

as shown in Fig. l and'Fig. 2;. The Wire composing this truss is so bent that the eye E is formed therein, and the feet E are hingedly secured by the hook-eyes F to the base A.

Similarly secured by the hook-eye G is the brace H, made of wire and of'such length that when the hook H therein at its free end engages the eye E of the truss andthe hook shownin Fig. 1.

' D also engages the eye E the receptacle will I be sustained in the operative position, as

By this construction I obtain facilities'by whidh the flexible receptacle B maybe 'su tainedin operative position and its free end 5 may be easily detachedfrom the susta' means and the parts all maybe foldedneatly upon the base A and will assume the posi-- tions as shown in Fig.

Upon the reverse side of the base and ad'- vjacent the aperture-C is secured the shutter 1,

made of, suitable flexible material, having its rear end I secured to the base and formed and arranged wit-hits top and bottom ortions slidingly secured on theparallel guides J, made of cord, the opposite ends of same being secured to the base. When it is desired to close- ,theaperture C,-the portion I o the shutter I is drawn by the manipulator across the aperture, extending the folds of the shut-. ter' and closing the aperture.

K designates a series ofclips'made of thin strips of spring metal of the conformation as shown, suitably secured-by sewing or riveting to the lower edge ofthe base, extending at a right angle from same, having the returnbend K and the outwardly-disposed lip K,

whereby my device may be quickly and dei-achably secured at its bottom to the sill or plate of any ordinary window.

L designates a series of clamps, each made the user is folded, the one end of thebase being folded over the other end in the form as I shown in Fig. 5. Whenunfolded itndinreadinose to be adjusted, it appears as shown m Fig. 4. In the use and practice of my invention the mani ulator then erects the truss E and engages t e hook H of the brace in the eye E. Then the hook D of the receptacle B I is engaged in the eye E, when my device is in rcadlness to be applied to the window. The clamps L are then a plied to the ordinary spring window-blin securing the up )er edge the base detachably thereto. "When the same is drawn downwardly and by application of the clamps K tothe Slll or casement the window, the blind and the base A of the insect-trap are dz awn and. retained. taut and same will lie smoothly continuouziiy against the window-frame. Thus the light which would otherwise pass through the window is shut out, except at the aperture C, where it is permitted to pass through unobstructed. Such other sources of light, if any there may be in the room where my device is applied, are shaded or closed, whereby the aperture 0 will be the only place where the light will enter directly and of any intensity. Itis well known that insects invariably seek the light, so that such insects as there may be within the room at which my device is used will immediately make their way to the aperture O, congregating thereabout, and will one after another crawl over the ed 0 of the aperture and within the receptacIe B on the ledge C. I provide the space or led e C' at the aperture and within the receptac e where the light is unobstructed, so that no obstacle will confront the insect, and as it makes its way over the edge of the aperture it will promptly place itself within. the receptacle. By reason of the darkness upon the inner side of the base the insect will remain voluntarily within the receptacle. At'any suitable time after the device has been in use the shutter I is then closed by the user, and at such time as may 'be desired the device may be removed from the window and such disposition of the entrapped insects as may be desired may be .made and the contents, of the receptacle eiected by opening the shutter I,

eeasee 1 My device isof especialutility for use at the window or windows of the bed-chamber when the same may be a plied to be permitted to remain all nig t. Thus in the early morning when the aperture 0 is illuminated the insects will make their way into the same, as described, and within a short time the room will be free from the same. 5

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is I 1. An insect-trap comprising an opaque flexible base ad aptedto be retained against an open window, said base having an aperture therein, a transparent flexible cage communicating with the aperture and secured to the base, the aperture being of a diameter smaller than that of the cage, a support for said cage detachably secured thereto.

2. An insect-trap comprising an opaque flexible base adapted to be retained against an open window, said base having an aperture therein, a transparent flexible cage communicating with the aperture and secured and supported to the base, a'shutter secured to the base adjacent the aperture therein whereby the aperture may be closed.

3. In an insect-trap of the kind described, the combination with aflexible opaque base provided at its lower edge with. a series of clips K having, return-bends therein whereby same may be dctachably secured to the window-sill and provided at its upper edge with a series of spring-clamps ll whereby same may be secured to the window-blind, said base, having an aperture therein provided with a shutter and a flexible transparent cage secured to the base and communicating with said aperture, of a spring-wire truss and brace hingedly secured to the base substantially as and for the pur oses described.

In testimonywhereo. I have signed my name to this specification in the presence oi two subscribing witnesses.

WILL C. PIKE.

Witnesses:

R. E. GOLDSTEIN,

LEoRA BREDESON. 

